Alessandra Guerra (born 19 July 1963) is an Italian politician who was the president of Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1995. She was also a teacher in middle schools and collaborated with various art museums.

Alessandra Guerra
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office
18 July 1994 – 7 November 1995
Preceded byRenzo Travanut
Succeeded bySergio Cecotti
Personal details
Born (1963-07-19) 19 July 1963 (age 60)
Udine, Italy
Political partyLN (1993–2008)
PD (2009–2017)
FdV (2017–2021)
Alma materUniversity of Udine
OccupationTeacher, politician

Early life and education edit

Guerra was born in Udine, the daughter of one of the founders of the Friuli Movement. She graduated in literature with 110 cum laude.[1]

Career edit

In 1993, Guerra joined Umberto Bossi's Northern League (Lega Nord) and was elected regional councilor of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[2] In 1994, after a serious political crisis that had hit the region, she was appointed president of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a position she held until 1995. In this period, she was also the president of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces. From 15 June 2001 to 23 June 2003, Guerra was the vice-president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region and councilor for education and culture. After the 2003 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election, she was nominated for the presidency of the region by the House of Freedoms coalition.[3]

Guerra lost the competition against former Trieste mayor Riccardo Illy, who was endorsed by The Olive Tree. In April 2008, Guerra left Lega Nord to join Illy's coalition, which was supported by the Democratic Party (PD) and other centre-left political forces. Later in July 2009, Guerra joined the PD. She supported the motion of Pier Luigi Bersani in the 2009 PD leadership election.[4]

In autumn 2017, Guerra declared that she wanted to participate in the 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election as a candidate for the presidency of the pegion for the Federation of the Greens as also confirmed by the spokesman for the Greens of the region; this announcement was not followed up.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "iMagazine - Una storia politica". www.imagazine.it. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Alessandra Guerra in pensione a 50 anni a oltre 4mila euro". udinetoday.it. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Presidenza del Friuli alle urne l' 8 e 9 giugno - la Repubblica.it". La Repubblica. 19 March 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ "L'ex leghista Alessandra Guerra si è iscritta al Partito Democratico". Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ "I Verdi confermano: Alessandra Guerra candidata presidente in Fvg". Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.